Canada

Coquitlam RCMP are hoping the public can help identify a man who reportedly approached two girls and offered to give them a ride while they were walking home from school Police say the incident happened on Thursday, Oct. 14. near Central Avenue and Mary Hill Road. The suspect was standing by...

Saskatchewan set a new daily record for COVID-19 ICU patients on Sunday with 84 people currently receiving intensive care, after breaking its existing record on Saturday with 81. There are 333 people in hospital related to COVID-19, including the 84 in ICU. The province said 251, or 75.4 per cent,...

A search is underway for a fisherman from a Mi'kmaq First Nation who is reported to have gone overboard from a fishing vessel off the coast of southern Nova Scotia. The Halifax rescue co-ordination centre says on social media it was notified at about 4 a.m. local time of the...

Two Ottawa men are facing charges, and Ottawa police are searching for a third suspect, in connection to an online dating scam that attempted to extort money from men who thought they would be meeting a woman in the west end. Ottawa police say the charges relate to a series...

Nova Scotia reported 26 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 15 new recoveries. The bulk of the new cases — 23 — are in the Central Zone, where the province continues to say there is community spread “primarily among people aged 20 to 40 who are unvaccinated and participating...

Businesses and organizations can begin using the free AB Covid Records Verifier app to quickly and easily confirm their patrons’ vaccination status. The AB Covid Records Verifier app is available for download on Apple and Android devices through the respective app stores. Albertans can get their enhanced vaccine record with...

Calgary police want people to keep an eye out for a mama bear and her cub reported wandering through the communities of Cedarbrae and Oakridge early Tuesday morning. The pair has been spotted in multiple yards along the western edge of the city and toward the Tsuut'ina Nation boundary. Security cameras...

Police say a man has died following a shooting in Brampton, northwest of Toronto. Peel Regional Police say they were called shortly before 1 a.m. to an area near Dixie Road and Peter Robertson Boulevard. They say officers found a man in life-threatening condition. Police say the man was taken to hospital...

Health officials in Nova Scotia reported 99 new cases of COVID-19 and 130 recoveries since Friday, as the number of active cases drops to 197. Twenty-seven new cases were reported on Oct. 9; 16 new cases on Oct. 10; 22 new cases on Oct. 11; and 34 new cases are...

A two-alarm fire in the northwest Calgary community of Beddington Heights displaced six residents Sunday. Fire crews were dispatched to the blaze on the 8300 block of Centre Street N.W. just before noon Sunday. There, they found one home fully engulfed in flames with a neighbour’s home threatened by the...